Antirattling cushion for coach-windows or the like.



PATBNTED MAR. 31, 1903. I. H. MULFORD. ANTIRATTLING CUSHION FOR COACH WINDOWS OR THE LIKE.

APPLIUATIUN FILED JULY 16, 1902- N0 MODEL.

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ATENT OFFICE.

ICHABOD H. MULFORD, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

ANTIRATTLING CUSHION FOR COACH-WINDOWS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,199, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed July 16, 1902. Serial No. 115,759. (No model.)

T0 at whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, IOHABOD H. MULFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antirattling Cushions for Coach -Windows or the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of antirattling cushions for coach and other window-sashes represented by the one described in my prior patent, No. 271,900, dated February 6, 1883, the objects of the present improvement being to reduce the cost of construction, secure a more perfect protection against noise, to obtain greater durability, and to secure other ad vantages and results, some of.which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the'working parts.

The invention consists in the improved antirattling cushion and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of my device applied to a sash, and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively longitudinal and transverse sections of the same.

In said drawings, a indicates a portion of a window-sash, to the vertical edges of which are secured cushions b, adaptedto lie within and between the parting-strips or in the slidewaysusuallyprovided in Window-frames, the said cushion being normally of a size to quite fill the slidewayand prevent contact of the wood of the sash with the wood of the frame and the production of a rattling noise, particularly when the vehicle is in motion. Said cushion comprises a strip 1), of heavy felt, cut so as to be oblong in cross-section and normallya little wider than the width of the edge of the sash. To the inner side of this said strip of felt is applied a thin strip 1) of hard, elastic, non-friable, compressed fiber, such as is sometimes employed for electrical insulating purposes. This said strip 1) is strong to resist bending or buckling when subjected to longitudinal compression, will not split when the fastening-tacks are driven therethrough, and is not easily affected by dampness or moisture, and is otherwise conducive to durability. It is narrower than the soft and cushion-like felt, so as not to impinge upon the window-frame or the intermediate jacket b and thus will not cut or wear through said jacket, even after long use.

The fiber and felt strips being laid together, the same are inclosed in the said jacket 6 and the parts are firmly and securely united, the edges of the jacket, preferably a leather jacket, because of its durability or its ability to resist the friction produced in raising and lowering the sash, being beveled and overlapping at the back of the thin fiber strip and being joined by cement. The antirattling cushion thus constructed is fastened to the sash by means of tacks or the like driven through the felt and thence through the hard and thin strip of fiber into the edge of the sash, the tacks being at distances of six inches apart, more or less. Arranged in the slideway the antirattler fits closely into the angular groove or slideway of the window-frame and bears at three sides, so as to prevent rattling whenforce is applied either parallel with the plane of the sash or at right angles thereto in either direction.

The heads of the tacks sink into the soft felt and bear more or less directly upon the hard strip, and thus there is no danger of the cushion being forced out from its proper relative position on the sash to clog the movements thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. The combination with a strip of soft cushion-like fabric, of a thin strip of hard compressed fiber, narrower than the first said strip and an inclosing jacket holding said parts together.

2. The combination with a strip of soft felt, of a strip of compressed fiber, at one side IOO thereof, and an inelosing jacket for uniting or joining the same.

3. The improved antirattling cushions for coach-windows, comprising a strip of felt, oblong in cross-section, a narrower strip of thin and hard compressed fiber applied to the fibrous material and a narrower strip of hard, non-friable, elastic material, fastened to the outside of said fibrous strip, and an inclos- 5 ing jacket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of back of the first said strip and a jacket July, 1902.

turned about said felt and having its ed es v joined at the back of said hard strip of fib er, ICHABOD MULFORD' substantially as set forth. Witnesses:

4. The improved antirattling cushion for coach-windows, comprising a strip of soft 1 CHARLES H. PELL, C. B. PITNEY. 

